After suffering for some seven years through to 2015, the world’s steelmakers have had cause for cheer over the past couple of years. Following some heavy losses and write-downs, they finally appear to have emerged from the wreckage of the global financial crisis. An economic upswing has taken root in most regions of the world, Chinese steel output and export growth has slowed noticeably, and steel prices have enjoyed an upward swing in consequence.
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Commodity prices in the very long run
In the previous article we took a look at a handful of commodities and compared their current prices to those seen back in 1995.
In this article, we take a longer-term look at a wider range of commodities to see just how prices now compare in real terms to those in the (very) long term.
2016 commodities outlook: From super cycle to super correction
Last year was once again rather disastrous for commodity prices. Average prices of the base metals traded on the LME all dropped massively, while average prices of oil, iron ore and steel also fell sharply. The general downward trend that has been in place since 2011 continued.
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